In this interview with Alden Solovy, we try to understand the tragic story of Nadav and Avihu in the context of what it means to be a prayer leader. We also talk about creative liturgy, poetic midrash, and making the prayerbook accessible for "Jews in the pews."
Alden's website: tobendlight.com/
And his books of liturgy and poetic midrash are available at https://www.ccarpress.org/.
You Don't Know What Someone Else is Thinking (Sh'lach Lecha)
Would That All God's People Were Prophets (B'ha-alot'cha - encore)
70 Faces of Torah (Naso)
The Questions that Make Up Jewish Life (B'midbar - A Conversation with Rabbi Mark Washofsky)
Are We in Exile? (Behar and Bechukotai)
For Whom is the Light? (Emor)
Who Is My Neighbor? (Kedoshim)
Yom Kippur in May?? (Achrei Mot - encore)
Lessons from Leprosy (Metzora)
The Healing Power of Presence (Tazria - encore)
Don't eat that! Or do... it's up to you (Sh'mini)
We Need Each Other (Tzav)
Does God Hear our Prayers... and Does it Matter?? (Vayikra)
Building a Sanctuary; Building a World (P'kudei)
A Good Name (Vayak'hel)
Xenophobia and the Golden Calf (Ki Tisa)
Do You Have a Shirt That You Really Love? (T'tzaveh)
Planting Seeds of Hope (Terumah)
An Eye for an Eye?? (Mishpatim)
Recapturing the Silenced Voices (Yitro - A Conversation with Rabbi Dalia Marx)
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